Oren

This article is about a Hebrew Bible name. For other uses, see Oren (disambiguation).

Oren (Hebrew: אורן) is a masculine given name, meaning 'pine' or 'ash' in Hebrew.^[1] In the Book of Chronicles, Oren is one of the sons of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron, along with Ram, Bunah, Ozem and Ahijah.^[1]

Oren

An Oren Tree
Pronunciation	O-ren
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew: אורן
Meaning	"ash" or "pine"
Region of origin	Israel
Other names
Related names	Oren, Orna, Oranit, Oran

Oren, as a given name or surname, may also refer to:

First name

• Oren Aharoni (born 1973), Israeli basketball coach and former basketball player
• Oren Ambarchi (born 1969), Australian musician
• Oren Biton (born 1994), Israeli football player
• Oren Burks (born 1995), American football player
• Oren Cass (born c. 1983), American policy commentator
• Oren Burbank Cheney (1816–1903), American college president
• Oren P. Coler (1925–1978), justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
• Oren S. Copeland (1887–1958), American politician
• Oren R. Earl (1813–1901), American politician
• Oren Eizenman (born 1985), Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player
• Oren Frood (1889–1943), Canadian ice hockey player
• Oren Harman (born 1973), Israeli writer
• Oren Harris (1903–1997), American politician and judge
• Oren Koules (born 1961), American businessman
• Oren Lavie (born 1976), Israeli musician and theatre director
• Oren Liebermann (born 1982), American journalist
• Oren E. Long (1889–1965), American politician
• Oren Lyons (born 1930), American artist
• Oren Moverman (born 1966), Israeli filmmaker
• Oren Muharer (born 1971), Israeli football player (retired)
• Oren Nissim (born 1976), Israeli footballer
• Oren Patashnik (born 1954), American computer scientist
• Oren Peli (born 1970), Israeli filmmaker
• Oren Rudavsky (born 1957), American documentary filmmaker
• Oren Safdie (born 1965), Canadian playwright
• Oren Smadja (born 1970), Israeli judoka
• Oren Soffer (1971–2020), Israeli academic
• Oren Soffer (born 1988), Israeli-American cinematographer
• Oren Uziel (born 1974), American film screenwriter, director, and producer
• Oren Wilkes (born 1988), American model
• Oren Williams (born 1992), American actor
• Oren Yiftachel (born 1956), Israeli geographer
• Oren Yoel, American musician and music producer
• Oren Zeitouni (born 1976), Israeli football player

Surname

For people with the Turkish surname, see Ören.

• Daniel Oren (born 1955), Israeli conductor
• Eric Oren (1868-1937), American businessman and politician
• Jeanette Kuvin Oren (born 1961), American artist
• John Birdsell Oren (1909–2006), American admiral
• Menachem Oren (1903–1962), Israeli chess master and mathematician
• Mordechai Oren (1905–1985), Israeli politician
• Michael Oren (born 1955), Israeli diplomat and historian
• Ram Oren (born 1936), Israeli author
• Rony Oren (born 1953), Israeli animator

See also

• All pages with titles containing Oren
• Ören (disambiguation)
• Orin (disambiguation)